Fighting with fire shadow

"Father, what do you think this is?"

Princess Honglian quickly walked into the imperial study and handed the wooden board in her hand to Han Wangan like a treasure.

"What else are you planning, girl?"

Hearing this, Han Wangan smiled and took the wooden board handed by Princess Honglian and looked at it. Then he couldn't help but asked curiously: "Huh? What kind of painting is this? How can it be so lifelike?"

"Father, this is a new painting method taught to me by Xiaoyao Hou. It's called sketching. It's most suitable for painting people.

But I have just learned this painting method and can only draw some simple things.

When I master this painting method in the future, I will definitely paint a large and majestic portrait for my father. "

"Good good..."

Han Wangan smiled and nodded, then pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "These paintings are good, but didn't your father ask you to practice calligraphy with Xiaoyao Hou? Why did you learn painting from him? Is he perfunctory? It seems that I need to have a good talk with him!"

Princess Honglian's face changed slightly, and she quickly took Han Wangan's arm and said coquettishly: "Father, it's not what you think. It was Honglian who thought practicing calligraphy was too boring, so Xiaoyao Hou taught me to draw. Don't blame me. Him~"

"Forget it! Since Honglian personally interceded for him, then my father will spare him once, and you can learn to paint with him from now on."

"Guren knows that father is the best~"

In fact, it was impossible for Han Wangan to blame Ximen Cheng for such a trivial matter. He deliberately made a dissatisfied expression just to test Honglian's attitude towards Ximen Cheng.

Judging from Princess Honglian's reaction, she probably still has a good impression of Ximen Cheng, otherwise she would not intercede for him.

From the perspective of the head of a country, being able to use Princess Honglian to win over a great talent like Ximen Cheng is of course very cost-effective for Han Wangan.

However, from a father's perspective, Han Wangan, who has always doted on Princess Honglian, also hopes that Princess Honglian can marry the person she likes.

Therefore, Princess Honglian does not exclude Ximen Cheng, and in Han Wangan's view, it can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

……

The night sky is endless and dotted with stars.

"The moon in the sea sheds tears, and the warm sun in the blue field produces smoke. Can this feeling be remembered? It was just that I was at a loss at the time... It was so well written~"

Mrs. Mingzhu, who had recovered from recuperation, half-leaned on the phoenix with a lazy look on her face, her slender and white jade legs close together, and she softly recited a poem written by Ximen Cheng, her beautiful eyes filled with memories.

After being severely flogged by Ximen Cheng, Mrs. Mingzhu's attitude towards him was also very complicated. It was not resentment, but more of unwillingness.

Since Mrs. Mingzhu entered the palace, she has never suffered such a big loss. If she can't get her place back, she really can't swallow this breath.

But having said that, although Ximen Cheng's actions were a little rough, he made Mrs. Mingzhu feel unprecedented happiness, and the emptiness in her heart was filled to the fullest.

A cold light flashed in Mrs. Mingzhu's beautiful eyes, and she swore secretly in her heart: "Ximen Cheng, one day I will let you kneel in front of me and pray for my reward like a dog."

"call……"

A cold wind suddenly appeared out of thin air and blew out all the candles in the Baixiang Palace, making the bright palace instantly darken.

"Looks like you failed."

A black figure appeared on the wall, and a man with long white hair and a pale face slowly walked into the palace.

"cousin?"

After Mrs. Mingzhu saw the visitor, she subconsciously hid the silk in her hand and frowned slightly: "Shouldn't you return to Beijing to report on your work tomorrow?"

"The White Armored Army will arrive at the outskirts of Xinzheng tomorrow, I'm just one step ahead."

The Xueyi Hou explained lightly, glanced at Madam Mingzhu, and said in a cold and unquestionable tone: "Since you failed, then I will take action myself."

"Don't mess around, he is my prey."

Mrs. Mingzhu's expression suddenly changed and she couldn't help but screamed.

"Your prey? This person is of great importance. This is not the time for you to mess around. Just wait until I control him with Gu worms and give him to you as a plaything."

"you……"

Before Madam Mingzhu could refuse, the Bloody Marquis had already disappeared into Baixiang Palace and left quietly.

When Mrs. Mingzhu saw this, she couldn't help but cursed: "Asshole! You always like to make your own decisions like this. You were like this at the beginning and you are still like this now!"

The reason why Mrs. Mingzhu wants to make Ximen Cheng fall under her pomegranate skirt is because Ximen Cheng is the first man to make her suffer. Conquering such a man will give her a greater sense of accomplishment.

Otherwise, given Madam Mingzhu's status, if she just wanted to find a few male favorites, it would be easy.

If Ximen Cheng is controlled by the blood-clothed Hou Xia Gu, even if he is completely obedient to Madam Mingzhu, Madam Mingzhu will not be interested in such a puppet.

……

Backyard of Yunwu Villa

"Xiaoyan'er is good~"

While gently rocking Xiao Yan'er's cradle, Ximen Cheng said nonchalantly: "Go to bed quickly. My godfather still has to work hard with your mother to create a little brother for you~"

When Jingyu, who was knitting clothes for Xiao Yan'er, heard this, he gave Ximen Cheng a look that was both helpless and funny.

"Zizzizi..."

"who?!"

Suddenly, Jing Salamander's ears twitched slightly, he waved his hand to roll up the Jing Salamander sword on the bedside, and rushed out of the room with an afterimage.

"Ding ding ding..."

When Ximen Cheng walked out of the room with Xiao Yan'er in his arms, he saw that Jing Salad had already fought fiercely with a man in black, and his domineering sword energy left criss-crossing sword marks in the yard.

"The Bloody Marquis!"

Although the man in black was wearing black night clothes and a black hood on his face, Ximen Cheng had already determined the true identity of this man when he saw him using ice thorns to attack the Salamander.

What's more, Ximen Cheng had only bullied Mrs. Mingzhu today. As Mrs. Mingzhu's cousin, it was normal for Hou Xueyi to come over at night to cause trouble.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Seeing this, Ximen Cheng waved his right hand violently, and five rays of cold light suddenly shot out, mixed with the force of thunder, and hit the Xueyi Hou.

"Ding ding ding..."

Just when the five darts were about to hit the Xueyi Hou, a group of gray-black ice edges suddenly rose from the Xueyi Hou's feet and turned into an ice shield to block the darts.

"Pfft!"

At the moment when the Xueyi Hou was distracted in resisting the darts, Jing Salamang caught the slightest flaw in him and stabbed his arm with a sword.

"boom!!!"

The injured Xueyihou's expression changed dramatically, and he activated the ice energy with all his strength, turning into a giant ice snake and blasting towards the Frightened Salamander, forcing it back, and fled the place without looking back.

Ximen Cheng saw that Frightened Salamander was still trying to catch up, so he hurriedly shouted: "Madam, don't chase after the poor bandits!"

Hearing Ximen Cheng's words, Jing Salamander stopped chasing after him, turned around and returned to his side, with a puzzled look on his face: "That person just now was not the Snare Killer. Did you provoke someone outside?"